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The Hindu
10-07-2025
- Health
- The Hindu
State medical council penalises doctor for advertising unrecognised qualification
The Kerala State Medical Council (Council of Modern Medicine) has imposed a penalty of ₹10,000 on a doctor for practising medicine, by advertising an additional qualification which is unrecognised as a medical qualification, and is not registered with the KSMC . The KSMC ordered Arjun J. Nayanar, a doctor practising in Kannur, to pay the penalty based on a complaint filed against him by the Payyannur branch of the Indian Medical Association, which was scrutinised and found to be true by the Ethics Committee. 'A serious offence' Practising medicine by displaying unrecognised qualifications is a serious offence, the KSMC pointed out. This is perhaps the first time that the KSMC is going a step ahead than censuring and imposing a monetary penalty for ethics violation on a doctor. In its complaint to the Registrar of KSMC, the IMA Payyannur branch secretary had pointed out that Dr. Nayanar had violated provisions 1.4.2 of the Ethics Regulations 2002, which says that physicians should display only recognised medical degrees or such certificates/diplomas/memberships/honours which confer professional knowledge or recognises any exemplary qualification/achievements, as suffix to their names. The complainant produced photographic evidence of the billboard advertising the practice of the said doctor, in which he had cited diplomas such as 'PG Diploma in Cardiology (Non-invasive)' and 'CCCDS (Certificate Course in Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke, Public Health Foundation of India)' as his additional qualifications. These are capacity building courses aimed to equip primary care physicians with knowledge and skills to manage cardiovascular disease and stroke but are not medical degrees recognised by the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956. As these are not medical degrees, these cannot be registered with KSMC and hence cannot be advertised as additional qualifications by practising doctors, it is pointed out. 'Unusually large board' The complainant also argued that the doctor had clearly violated provisions 7.13 of the Ethics Regulations, which states that 'it is improper for a physician to use an unusually large sign board and write on it anything other than his name, qualifications obtained from a university or a statutory body, titles and name of his speciality, registration number, including the name of the State Medical Council under which registered'. The IMA had also pointed out another ethical violation in its complaint. This pertained to a display board in Dr. Nayanar's clinic, which advertised the name of another doctor whose qualifications included 'BDS, Cosmetologist (PGDCC)PMU'. It was pointed out in the complaint that the board displayed in the clinic clearly shows that a dental doctor with BDS qualification, is claiming to be a cosmetologist. This was also a clear violation of Ethics Regulations 1.9,which says that a 'physician shall observe the laws of the country in regulating the practice of medicine and shall also not assist others to evade such laws', the complaint said.
New Indian Express
06-07-2025
- Politics
- New Indian Express
'Governement media should inform citizens, not glorify leaders': K Kunhikrishnan
How were the initial preparations? I told Mr Karunakaran that it would take at least six months. He told me the entire government was at my disposal and asked me to speed it up. He wanted it to be a gift to Kerala by the Union government on New Year's Day. I was willing to take the risk. I had to organise a lot, meet several Kerala ministers for infrastructure. The engineers worked in a ramshackle studio. We got an OB van from Jalandhar and four low-band, picture producing cameras. The key lay in attracting talent... television faces... announcers, news-readers, comperes, etc, with almost all of them garnering popularity with the viewers. Have heard that E K Nayanar cried inconsolably in the DD studio while saying the condolence message after Indira Gandhi's assassination… Oh, yes. Many leaders were called to render condolence messages. The first to be called was Nayanar. He was the Leader of Opposition then. I knew him from my Madras days. While recording his condolence message, Nayanar began to cry inconsolably. We were all stunned, but we kept recording it. Later, he told us about his last meeting with her where he was angry and spoke agitatedly. When he was about to leave, she stopped him and said: 'Mr Nayanar, please stay on for a minute. I have come to know that you have some health issues, and are under medication. Is there any way I can be of any use to you?' Nayanar was stunned because it was for the very first time that a political leader had asked about his health. When he began crying, there were about 10 people in the studio. All were moved… That was one of the most touching moments of my television career in Kerala. Other challenges? Television is known by its onscreen faces. Telegenic faces with broadcast-worthy voices, correct pronunciation, poise, effective delivery styles, etc had to be selected. I initially received around 4,500 applications, but not even 400 came close to fitting the bill. The inauguration was telecast live from Tagore theatre. We needed a microwave link from Tagore to the TV tower. That came from Madras. Equipment came from Mumbai. Everyone was willing to help. The challenges were something we cannot even imagine. With the advent of mobiles, all of us stay connected now. Back then, there was nothing of the sort. Your experience of working with television faces of those days… We didn't have a news editor at first. Delhi told me not to start news telecasts before the news editor and assistant news editors were posted. I asked: 'If there's no news telecast in Kerala, then what's the point in having television?' News culture is ingrained in Malayalis. Back then, we needed teleprinters because PTI and UNI were our only news sources. Delhi used a pool copy of AIR, which had so many bulletins.
